Laos vs Nepal: Sugar cane yields
Laos
49.36 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Nepal
49.79 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Laos rank
65th
Nepal rank
64th
Sugar cane yields over time
- Laos
- Nepal
How they compare
Nepal currently reports 49.79 tonnes per hectare against 49.36 tonnes per hectare in Laos, a difference of 0.43 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nepal ahead.
Laos ranks 65th and Nepal ranks 64th of 110 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Laos averaged higher in 3 and Nepal in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Laos | Nepal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.87 tonnes per hectare | 16.9 tonnes per hectare | 12.02 tonnes per hectare | Nepal |
| 1970s | 14.75 tonnes per hectare | 16.62 tonnes per hectare | 1.87 tonnes per hectare | Nepal |
| 1980s | 27.84 tonnes per hectare | 23.78 tonnes per hectare | 4.06 tonnes per hectare | Laos |
| 1990s | 27.73 tonnes per hectare | 34.93 tonnes per hectare | 7.2 tonnes per hectare | Nepal |
| 2000s | 34.31 tonnes per hectare | 38.93 tonnes per hectare | 4.62 tonnes per hectare | Nepal |
| 2010s | 55.76 tonnes per hectare | 46.21 tonnes per hectare | 9.55 tonnes per hectare | Laos |
| 2020s | 50.07 tonnes per hectare | 49.84 tonnes per hectare | 0.2345 tonnes per hectare | Laos |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane yields, Laos or Nepal?
- Nepal, at 49.79 tonnes per hectare against 49.36 tonnes per hectare in Laos as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane yields between Laos and Nepal?
- 0.43 tonnes per hectare, with Nepal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Laos and Nepal?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Laos and Nepal rank globally for sugar cane yields?
- Laos ranks 65th and Nepal ranks 64th of 110 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Sugar cane yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.